Alienware has revealed its upcoming flagship prebuilt desktop, the renewed Aurora R15, designed to deal with some highly effective {hardware} – simply be ready to pay an arm and a leg for it.

The corporate is being relatively imprecise in disclosing what sort of graphics card will likely be within the Aurora R15. In keeping with the announcement (opens in new tab), the Aurora R15 is designed to assist a GPU from NVIDIA’s lately introduced GeForce RTX 40 Sequence. Alienware even name-drops the 4090 mannequin GPU. The corporate additionally mentions assist for graphics playing cards belonging to the AMD Radeon RX 6000 collection and GeForce RTX 30-Sequence. Given the wording, it’s main us to consider that the Aurora R15 might have completely different fashions primarily based on completely different graphics playing cards. We reached out to Alienware for clarification. This story will likely be up to date if we hear again.

Alienware additionally introduced its new 34-inch curved Gaming Monitor and a Tenkeyless Gaming Keyboard to make up a full pc setup. All three gadgets will launch in the US and Canada later this yr. The precise date has but to be revealed.

The Aurora R15

Mysterious GPUs apart, Alienware did reveal some concrete particulars. The desktop will home the most recent “13th Gen Intel Core Ok-series” processors, previously recognized by their codename of Raptor Lake. Just like the graphics card, the precise CPU mannequin is unknown, however we are able to not less than anticipate efficiency. Even the slowest of the Raptor Lake processors have a most turbo frequency of 5.1 GHz. For reminiscence, it will likely be a DDR5 4800MHz RAM of yet-to-be-determined dimension.

For cooling, the Aurora R15 has a number of options. It’s outfitted with a 240mm liquid cooling system and 5 completely different 120mm followers. Throughout the chassis, there will likely be two exhaust followers on prime, one within the again, and two consumption followers on the entrance. On the facet are hexagonal air vents for added cooling. And if that isn’t overkill, the pc’s motherboard can have its personal “voltage regulator heatsinks.” 

All this {hardware} will, as you’ll be able to think about, require loads of energy. Feeding this beast will likely be a 1350W energy provide, which was apparently designed to assist the aforementioned RTX 4090 GPU, in keeping with Alienware. Price ticket for the Aurora R15 hasn’t been revealed. Contemplating the actual fact the desktop can have some highly effective tech, it is secure to say that it will not be low-cost. To provide an thought of what it may very well be, the at present obtainable Aurora Ryzen Version R14 desktop begins at $1,299.99 and that makes use of NVIDIA’s previous 30-series GPUs.

Monitor and keyboard

With a pc that robust, you may want a monitor to match and it seems the Gaming Monitor ($1,099.99) is as much as the duty. The QD-OLED (Quantum Dot) show outputs at a decision of 3440×1440 pixels and has a 0.1ms response, very important for intense gaming moments. There’s nothing worse than dropping a recreation as a result of your monitor couldn’t sustain. Different options embody a 165Hz refresh charge alongside Quantum Dot expertise for deep blacks plus wider colour protection. For these lengthy gaming periods, the monitor has been TUV-certified for ComfortView Plus to cut back bluelight and shield towards eye pressure.

The Tenkeyless Keyboard ($129.99) seems to be a daily gaming keyboard full with the standard RGB lights, however beneath the floor is a reasonably strong gadget. Its title is a reference to the truth that it lacks a numeric keypad permitting it to be extra compact. The keycaps themselves are coated in two layers of a plastic referred to as PBT (polybutylene terephthalate) for elevated sturdiness. Contained in the keycaps are a collection of CHERRY MX Purple switches which have a gold layer for simpler cleansing and safety towards corrosion. 

Fairly robust exhibiting for a flagship pc. We will not wait to see this factor in motion.

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